On Sun, 5 Aug 2007, William Donzelli wrote:
Cripes, what kind of crummy generators to you
Brits have?
are they made by Lucas?
What is this about hating Lucas over there? I've been working on my
father's cars for over 35 years, and I've had very few problems from
Lucas electrics (fitted on all but 2 of the cars). Apart from service
items (contact breaker points, etc), the only thing I had to replace was
one regulator module (the pass transistor had shorted -- I had the
schematics, I knew exactly which component had gone, but it was a potted
module..)
Conersely, I had t oreplace a Mitsubishi regualtor/brushbox module
(brushes wore out), rebuild a Mitsubishi starter motor (brushes stuck in
the guides), and repair a VAG-group (maybe Bosch) windscreen washer pump
(IMHO it was badly moulded, and didn't fit together properly so it leaked
spectacularly, Adding a Jubilee clip and a couple of cable ties cured that).
OK, its a very small sample, but it does show that not all Lucas
electrical devices fail.
-tony